Members & Leadership
Natalie Adler
Rose F. Kennedy Center, UCEDD/LEND
Jerry Alliston, PhD
Partners for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD/LEND
Jerry R. Alliston, Ph.D.
Institute for Disability Studies, UCEDD
Roselyne Antao
Mailman Center for Child Development, UCEDD/LEND
Katie Arnold, MS
Institute on Disability & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW
Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, LEND
Kara Ayers, PhD
University of Cincinnati UCE, UCEDD/LEND
Lana Bailey
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Tanya Baker
Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD
Lesli Baughan
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Skylar Bellinger
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Beth Boone, PhD, BCBA
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Mary Bostick, Ph.D.
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Robert Boy, BA, BFA
Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Rachel Brady, PT,DPT, MS
Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Antonia Brathwaite Fisher, MA
Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Mary Beth Bruder, PhD
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Robyn Carroll, MSW
The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Andrea Carroz, B.A. & B.A.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Janice Carson, EdD
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Jennifer-Eilleen Castro
Pacific Basin UCE/Northern Mariana Islands, UCEDD
Jennifer-Eilleen Castro, Master of Education
PB- Pacific Basin Program (AS & CNMI), UCEDD
Lisa Cauble, M.S.W.
Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Gail Chodron, PhD
Waisman Center, UCEDD/LEND
Julie Christensen, MSW, PhD
Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LEND
Gay Clement-Atkinson, Ph.D.
Center for Disability Resources, UCEDD/LEND
Lori Cooney, M.Ed.
Institute for Community Inclusion/Boston Children's Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Melissa Crist, MS
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Melina Danko, MS
Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
June De Leon, M.Ed.
Guam Center for Excellence in Disabilities Education, UCEDD
Alexis Deavenport-Saman, DrPH
USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Alexis Deavenport-Saman, DrPH
The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, DBP
Alexis Deavenport-Saman, DrPH
USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Zach DeBerry, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Center on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Sara DiRienzo, MA
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
Shelley Dumas, Ph.D.
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Elaine Eisenbaum, PhD
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Christina Espinosa, MRC
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Celia Feinstein, MA
Institute on Disabilities, UCEDD
Celia Feinstein, MA
Institute on Disabilities, UCEDD
Teresita Fejarang, M.Ed.
Guam Center for Excellence in Disabilities Education, UCEDD
Melissa Fenrick, M.S.W.
Center for Learning and Leadership, UCEDD/LEND
Meredith Field, MFA
Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LEND
Gabriela Freyre-Calish, MSW
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Meg Gäg, M.S.
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Tom Gannon, MEd
University of Cincinnati UCE, UCEDD/LEND
William Gaventa, MDiv
The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Jennifer Gerdts, Ph.D.
Center on Human Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
James Gleason, MS, PT
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, UCEDD/LEND
Ryan Groeneweg, Ed.S., BCBA
Center for Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Teresa Grossi, PhD
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
Gina Guarneri, MA
UC Davis at the MIND Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Gina Guarneri, MA
University of California at Davis, DBP
Yegin Habtes, Ph.D
Virgin Islands UCE, UCEDD
Marilyn Hammond, PhD
Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice, UCEDD/LEND
Canyon Hardesty, MS
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
Angela Harnden, Ph.D.
Center for Learning and Leadership, UCEDD/LEND
Erica Harris, MS
University of Cincinnati UCE, UCEDD/LEND
Jamie Hayhurst Marshall, MA
Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Liz Hecht
Waisman Center, UCEDD/LEND
David Helm, PhD
Institute for Community Inclusion/Boston Children's Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Janet Hess, DrPH
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Susan Hetherington, PhD
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Amy Hewitt, PhD Social Work; MSW
Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND
Amy Hewitt, PhD Social Work; MSW
Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND
Renee Holmes, RN
Partners for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD/LEND
Audrey Homan, MA
Center on Disability & Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Sandra Horne, B.A, M.A. & M.A.
The University of Maine, Center for Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Donald Jackson, Ph.D.
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Jeffrey Javier, MBA
Sonoran UCEDD
Elizabeth Jeffrey-Franco, MPH
Sonoran UCEDD
Dina Johnson, MA
JFK Partners/University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, UCEDD/LEND
Jean Johnson,
Hawaii Center on Disability Studies UCEDD/JABSOM LEND Program
Caitie Jones
Center for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Richard Kiefer-O'Donnell, Ph.D., Special Education
Center for Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Michelle Kobus, M.Ed.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Diane Lenz, MA
Institute for Human Development, UCEDD
Jenna Lequia, Ph.D.
Westchester Institute for Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Eunice Lopez, M.Ed.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Tara Lutz, PhD
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Linda Madsen, MS
North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, UCEDD
Linda Madsen, MS
North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, UCEDD
Jalyn Marks, M.A.
Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND
Vyonda Martin, M.A.
Center for Learning and Leadership, UCEDD/LEND
Rebecca Martinez, PhD, HSPP
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
John McDermott
Institute for Human Development, UCEDD
John McDermott
Institute for Human Development, UCEDD
Susanna Miller-Raines, MSW
Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, UCEDD/LEND
Jennifer Morrison-Diallo, PhD
SUNY Brooklyn, LEND
Heather Moutray
Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD
Kelly Nye-Lengerman, MSW, PhD
Institute on Community Integration, UCEDD/LEND
Kathleen Olson, PhD
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Meagan Orsag, Ph.D.
Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD
Whitney Ostrander
Institute on Human Development and Disability, UCEDD
Mary Anne Pallack, M.Ed.
The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, UCEDD
Mary Anne Pallack, M.Ed.
The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, UCEDD
Helen Panzironi, MSW
Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Vicki Pappas, PhD
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, UCEDD
Mette Pedersen, MEd, MA
Center for Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Elizabeth Perkins, PhD, RNLD
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Rebecca Pretzel, Ph.D.
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Sheida Raley, Ph.D.
Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Stacey Ramirez
Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University, UCEDD/LEND
Brian Reichow, PhD, BCBA-D
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Debbie Reinhartsen, Ph.D.
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Debra Reinhartsen, Ph.D.
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Mindy Renfro, PT, PhD, DPT
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Vanessa Richard, Masters
Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD
Ilka Riddle, PhD
University of Cincinnati UCE, UCEDD/LEND
Stephen Rock, Ph.D.
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Sandra Root-Elledge, M.A.
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD
Heidi San Nicolas, Ph.D.
Guam Center for Excellence in Disabilities Education, UCEDD
Amy Sharp, PhD
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Amy Sharp, Ph.D.
Center on Disability and Development, UCEDD
Horny Shriya
SDHG
Joanne Siegel, LCSW
Rose F. Kennedy Center, UCEDD/LEND
Sandra Sosa, EdD
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Janice Staehely
Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Stephen Sulkes, MD
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Christine Sullivan, PhD
A. J. Pappanikou Center for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Jesse Suter, PhD
Center on Disability & Community Inclusion, UCEDD
Kimmie Tang, Ed.D.
LoneStar, LEND
Courtney Taylor, M.Div.
Vanderbilt University, UCEDD/LEND
Julie Temple, MLS
Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LEND
Susan Thomas, M.Ed.
Florida Center for Inclusive Communities, UCEDD
Kate Thompson, MSSW, LMSW
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
Richelle Tierney
Center on Disabilities and Human Development, UCEDD
Angela Tomlin, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine, LEND
Lana Warren, EdD, OTL
Kennedy Krieger Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Andrea Witwer, PhD
The Nisonger Center, UCEDD/LEND
Julie Wolter
University of Montana Rural Institute, UCEDD
Mary X - Mercer, MS
North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, UCEDD
Tera Yoder, EdD
Partnership for People with Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Larissa Yoshino, MPH
Oregon Institute on Development & Disability, UCEDD/LEND
Scott Youngs, BS
Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Nina Zuna, PhD
Texas Center for Disability Studies, UCEDD/LEND
W. Alan zzzCoulter, PhD
Louisiana State University Human Development Center - New Orleans, UCEDD/LEND